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Repurposing a hdd


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So I have a PS4 and a Pro

I got the pro the kids have a regular version.

My pro HDD got full quite quick so upgrade to a 2TB.

Now I have 1 TB sat there doing nothing and my kids 500gb full.

Can I use the 1TB in my kids playstation and what is the process of making it work?

Yeah you can. There shouldn't be any issues in making it work, you just need to know that their PS4 is going to completely reformat it, so that it marries it to the console...which means any data on it will be lost, and it will be treated as a fresh HDD. So you'll need to backup any data you want to keep from the 500GB, so you can transfer it to the 1TB once it's formatted.
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Yeah you can. There shouldn't be any issues in making it work, you just need to know that their PS4 is going to completely reformat it, so that it marries it to the console...which means any data on it will be lost, and it will be treated as a fresh HDD. So you'll need to backup any data you want to keep from the 500GB, so you can transfer it to the 1TB once it's formatted.

Most of their games are downloadable.

So I'm not bothered by that.

I got a decent connection and it will be done while they're at school.

Do I have to go into safe mode?

I struggled to find info on this subject, so I'm clueless on what to do.

I'm not a complete technophile

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